Sentence examples for ragged match from inspiring English sources

Despite blustery conditions, Donovan looked lively against Bolton last Wednesday, nearly drawing a penalty in a ragged match.

Until its rousing climax, this was a ragged match, notable for its welter of double faults, unforced errors, and service breaks.

The Saracens man butchered another chance, stepping inside when he should have pinned his ears back and gone for the corner - and his work became more and more ragged as the match wore on.

Bobo has grown in the opposite direction, you realise: she stares at her squashed-potato face in the mirror in a manner both deeply unimpressed and mutely accepting of what she sees – the look seems to say, "What are you going to do?" The film – shot with a handheld camera, and ragged editing rhythms to match – feels uncannily true to the episodic, pell-mell rhythms of adolescence.

She belts out the title track with passionate vibrato, matches Tom Petty's ragged, wary tone on Stop Draggin' My Heart Around and provides a tender, open-hearted foil to Don Henley on Leather and Lace.

The few pieces of bone that they found fit into the smooth spiral fractures, and the more plentiful stone fragments matched with the ragged edges of the cobblestones.

It was an impressive finish, out of keeping with a match that was mainly ragged and patchy, although - before they went down to 10 men - Wydad striker Fabrice Ondama was only denied by some impressive footwork from Esperance keeper Moez Ben Cherifa.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) — In pouring rain on a ragged field, Germany and Uruguay staged a match entertaining enough to be for the World Cup title.

15 min: After an exhilarating opening the match has become a tad ragged, but the intent of both teams' remains admirably positive.

Allardyce's side had led at the break through a Carlton Cole strike but after Thomas Ince - son of former Hammers midfielder Paul - levelled shortly after the restart, the match became increasingly stretched and ragged.

But he was both — a slight, bearded man, clad in the ragged remains of several denim shirts and matching pants.